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Thai army faces accusation

Two Rohingya boat people found off Indonesia this week made more allegations of abuse by the Thai army, saying yesterday they were rounded up and beaten before being cast adrift in rickety, engineless boats.

Rahmat bin Mohammad Daud Yullha, 37, one of a batch of 198 Rohingya found near Aceh on Tuesday, said he had been jailed for praying in a mosque in his native Myanmar before fleeing to Thailand looking for work.